آغا āg̠ẖā T s. m. Lord, chief, master.

آغاز āg̠ẖāz P s. m. Beginning, commencement.

آغشته āg̠ẖashta P part. Moistened, macerated, mixed, polluted.

ادغام idg̠ẖām A (inf. iv. of دغم) s. m. Redupli- cation of a letter, or the contraction of one letter into another similar.

ارمغان armag̠ẖān P or armug̠ẖān, s. m. Present, rarity, curiosity.

استغاثه istig̠ẖās̤a A (inf. x. of غوث) s. m. Asking for help; demanding justice, complaining.

استغراب istig̠ẖrāb A (inf. x. of غروب) s.m. Great admiration, amazement, wonder.

استغراق istig̠ẖrāḳ A (inf. x. of غرق) s.m. Drowning, the being immersed, absorbed, or wholly engaged (in any thing). ¶ adj. Drowned, im- mersed in thought, engrossed, wholly employed, drowned in sleep, &c.

اشتغال ishtig̠ẖāl A (inf. viii. of شغل) s. m. Oc- cupation, employment, study, business.

اشغال ashg̠ẖāl A s. plur. (of شغل) Labours, cares, occupations, employments.

اصاغر aṣāg̠ẖir A adj. plur. (of اصغر) Little, mean, contemptible, poor.

اصغر aṣg̠ẖar A adj. compar. (of صغیر) Less, very little, least, little, mean.

اغراق ig̠ẖrāḳ A (inf. iv. of غرق) s. m. Causing to drown, submersion.

افغان afg̠ẖān P 1. s. m. See فغان fig̠ẖān. 2. n. prop. A people, called also Paṭhāns, inha- biting the hilly country to the N. W. of Lāhaur. In their history, they pretend to derive their origin, as well as name, from Afg̠ẖān, whom they account a grandson of Malik Tālūt (king Saul). As to religion, they are Mahometans, notwithstanding the claim they set up to a Jew- ish extraction. (Plur. Arab. افاغنه afāg̠ẖina or Pers. افغانان afg̠ẖānān).

افغاني afg̠ẖān-ī. P 1. adj. Of the Afghāns. 2. s. f. The being an Afghān.